| Other author/creator | Dalrymple, Alexander, 1637-1808, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Bigg, George, printer. |
| Other author/creator | [Cox, Edward, active 1769-1794], printer. |
| Other author/creator | Wilkins, Charles, approximately 1749-1836, translator. |
| Other author/creator | East India Company sponsor. |
| Other title |
Oriental repertory, published at the charge of the East-India Company, by Dalrymple. ... |
| Frequency | Irregular |
| General note | Editor: Alexander Dalrymple. |
| General note | Volume 2 apparently lacks a general title page; the four parts are bound with individual title pages. |
| General note | With a second title page in v. 1 for the first part, dated 1791. |
| General note | Issued originally in 8 parts, between 1791-1797; a ninth part, v.2 part 5, with additional material and an index, was projected but not published. This added part appeared with the reissued v. 1-2 in 1808, with new title and contents pages, but continuing pagination and register from the original. The new material of 1808 printed by Ballantine and Law. |
| General note | Vol. 1 imprint reads in part: Printed by George Bigg, and delivered by Mr. Elmsly, ... and by Mr. Chapman, .... |
| General note | Imprints include dates of publication. |
| General note | Imprints vary slightly; vol. 2, no.4 "printed by Edward Cox". |
| General note | Dates and number of vol. 1 are from first t.p. |
| General note | Vol. 1 includes a copy of the 1790 prospectus, an introduction by Alex. Dalrymple, dated 31 Dec. 1792, and a table of contents; no. 1-3 include individual introductions, dated 9 Apr. 1791-5 July 1792. |
| General note | Note at end of vol. 2, no. 4 reads: "N.B. No. 5 with the index which compleats vol. II. will speedily be published." |
| General note | Includes tracts and essays on eastern geography, history, and manners, with a selection from the Mahābhārata, translated by Sir Charles Wilkins; a list of East India Company directors follows the introduction to the first volume. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the University of London's Goldsmiths' Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1309 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 661 |
| References |
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 121 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6439. |
| Special numbering | Individual issues lack chronological designation; dated from introductions and imprints. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Indexes |
Vol. 1 includes index. |
| Title history note | Vol. 2 includes, The story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontalā, in English, also published separately: London: George Bigg, 1795. |
| Title history note | Collects, with added prefatory material, individual issues of the Oriental repertory. |
| Title history note | Reissued in 1808, with new title pages, no. 5 of vol.2 and an index. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
| Contains title |
Mahābhārata Sakuntalopakhyana. The story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontalā. English. |
